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Higher Education Homepage
Adult Programs Homepage
Birth to Grade 12 Education Homepage
Teaching and Administration Homepage
Grants and Programs Homepage
Laws and Policy Homepage
Learn about laws and policies impacting students in preschool through grade 12 and discover how ED works to implement these laws in schools throughout the country.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Read assessment letters, requests to amend accountability letters, and other correspondence between ED and State education leaders.
The U.S. Department of Education has invited each State education agency (SEA) to request flexibility regarding specific requirements of the ESEA.
Programs for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities, ages birth through 21 and their families.
See more about IDEA
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